WEED

WEED

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 23, 1971

Runtime

0h 23m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

60%

Original Title

WEED

Production Companies

Concept Films, Encyclopædia Britannica Films

Director

Brian Kellman

Description

This 1971 color anti-drug use and abuse film was produced by Concept Films and directed by Brian Kellman for Encyclopedia Britannica. “Weed: The Story of Marijuana” combines time-lapse, montage, illustrations, animation (by Paul Fierlinger and emigre Pavel Vošický) and dramatized, documentary-style interviews to survey the evolving role of cannabis in U.S. society, with emphasis on the legal risks faced by young people. A unique score of experimental synthesizer music is provided by Tony Luisi on an EMS VCS 3 “Putney”